Course Details

 

Course Name

The Problems of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art

 

Language of Instruction

Turkish or English / For Turkish click here please

 

 

Course Level

Short Cycle( )

First Cycle ( )

Second Cycle  (ü)

Third Cycle ( )

 

Course Type

Course Code

Compulsory ( )

Elective (ü)

FEL 517

     

 

Theory (hour/week)

Application

(hour/week)

Total

(hour/week)

Term

Local Credit

ECTS Credit

3

0

3

Fall

3

5

 

Programmes Offering the Course

Graduate

 

Course Objectives

To develop knowledge of aesthetics and philosophy of art.

 

Course Content

Definition of the problems essential to aesthetics and philosophy of art in the history of philosophy are tried to be made and Kant’s philosophy of art is investigated in the context of problems of philosophy of art.

 

Prerequistes

 

 

Electives Recommended

 

 

Learning Outcomes

1.    Philosophical definition of aesthetics and art

2.    Revision of fundamental problems of philosophy of art.

3.    Seeking for solutions to the problems of philosophy of art.

 

Course Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Metin Bal

Felsefe Bölümü, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi,

Edebiyat Fakültesi Týnaztepe Yerleþkesi,

PK: 35260 , Ýzmir Türkiye, Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03  - , Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93

(Felsefe Bölümü, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi,

Edebiyat Fakültesi, Öðretim Üyeleri Binasý,  Týnaztepe Yerleþkesi,

PK: 35260, Ýzmir Türkiye, Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03  - , Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93

E-Posta: balmetin@gmail.com , Web: www.metinbal.net  )

 

Course Assistant(s)

 

  

Course Book / Recommended Sources

1.  Lecture notes

2.  Leading works of aesthetics and philosophy of art written by major philosophers.

Additional Auxiliary Activities Recommended For Participants

Short-term activities:

1-) Participants of this course are expected to give a presentation on the major work of related philosopher to see to what extend knows the graduate student his/her subject.

2-) Archieve research on the primary and secondary sources of the subject.

3-) Biographical study about the philosopher.

4-) Study of chronological list of the complete works of related subject.

5-) Submission of weekly study of technical terms of the subject.

6-) The participants are expected to be interdisciplinary and to get in contact with other sciences.

Long-term activities:

7-) The participants are expected to immerse themselves in building foreign language skills.

8-) Retrospective and prospective readings in the history of philosophy about the subject.

 

Weekly Subjects and Related Preparation Studies

Week

Subjects

Related Preparation

1

The Emergence of Art

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

2

The Source of ‘beuty’ and ‘sublime’

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

3

The Source of ‘beuty’ and ‘sublime’

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

4

The Source of ‘beuty’ and ‘sublime’

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

5

“Law of Heart: Shaftesbury, Hume, Burke”

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

6

“Law of Heart: Shaftesbury, Hume, Burke”

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

7

The Concept of Taste

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

8

Midterm

 

9

The Concept of Taste

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

10

The Judgment of Taste and Kant

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

11

The Freedom of Imagination and Kant

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

12

The Freedom of Imagination and Kant

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

13

The Aesthetic Education of Humanity and Schiller

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

14

The Philosophy of Art and Schelling

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

15

Art in Systematic Philosophy

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

16

Sartre's idea : “The work of art is a value because it is an appeal”  

17

The lecture is finalized with the same subject and  a general evaluation of the previous lectures is made.

Book, Internet and Library Browsing

18

Final

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